Some context in the era of Linked Data

Introduction Knowledge Graphs (KGs) are currently on the rise. In their latest Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence (2018), Gartner highlighted: “The rising role of content and context for delivering insights with AI technologies, as well as recent knowledge graph offerings for AI applications have pulled knowledge graphs to the surface.” We can roughly di […]

Knowledge graphs are essential for any information architecture built upon semantics and AI. The Linked Data Life Cycle provides guideline for data governance within the semantic web framework. The post Knowledge Graphs – Connecting the Dots in an Increasingly Complex World appeared first on Semantic Web Company.

With the UN predicting that more than 70 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050, the development of sustainable smart cities is a rising need. Cities are now capable of collecting and analyzing enormous amounts of data to automate processes, improve service quality, and to make better decisions. This opens ... The post How Semanti […]

Drupal is one of the favourite enterprise content management systems. Especially government and non-governmental organizations embrace this open source platform to build advanced digital experiences. Over the last years, we have been developing several PoolParty semantic technology features and modules that integrate natively into Drupal. In this blog post, […]

In our recent endeavor to import in PoolParty the Google Product taxonomy in different languages, we encountered some challenges that needed to be addressed. The first challenge was that the Google Product taxonomy is in Excel (XLS) format, and for each language there is a separate file. The second challenge is on how to align ... The post Data wrangling wit […]

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Search terms are like keys to documents or to any other type of content. In our days, not only the volume of available documents is increasing rapidly, but also the size of the keychain is growing.

Before we start to discuss how to organize/index the documents themselves, we should first talk about methods to organize the keys.

Take a look at these three approaches:

On the left-hand side you can see a nice example of implicit semantics. The old receptionist knows exactly which key fits into which lock. This knowledge is implicit and can be remembered by the shapes of the keys. Before the old receptionist has retired and the knowledge would have gone, labels have been attached to every key. The semantics of the keys has become more explicit, but this is still quite ambiguous (as visualised in the center column). There is no index of all the labels and colours being used, neither an explicit methodology how new keys should be labeled. As the hotel grows, the labeling system becomes quickly a mess. On the right-hand side the solution for this problem is offered: Not only the semantics of the keys becomes more explicit, but also the semantics of the semantics. For instance, the position of a key represents the position of the room, which can be unlocked by this. The number of the row of the key cabinet represents the storey of the room being unlocked, etc.

This methodology in order to organise keys helps to orientate and to remember; it can be explained with low effort to any new receptionist and it can be scaled-up in case your hotel should grow in the next few years.